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Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down is a Bronze Age monument consisting of a substantial linear bank with ditch that divides the downland landscape, likely serving as a territorial boundary or stock control feature. The earthwork runs across Cherhill Down in Wiltshire and forms part of a wider field system characteristic of Bronze Age agricultural organisation on chalk downland. The monument dates to the Bronze Age period and reflects the landscape management practices of communities inhabiting the Wessex chalk downs during this era. The preservation of the earthwork and its associated field remains provides evidence of settlement patterns and land use in prehistoric Wiltshire.
Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018431. View the official record →
Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down is a Bronze Age monument consisting of a substantial linear bank with ditch that divides the downland landscape, likely serving as a territorial boundary or stock control feature. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018431.
Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018431.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rybury camp (5.8 km), All Cannings Cross, an Early Iron Age settlement site (6.2 km), Earthwork enclosure on Milk Hill (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Linear boundary earthwork and associated field system on Cherhill Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.